Statue

MS5483

Location: On Display in the Classical World Gallery

From: Italy | Latium | Rome (Italy)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5483
Current Location Classical World Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Rome (Italy)
Period Imperial Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone)
Iconography Dionysos | Lion
Description

Statue of Dionysos and Lion, used for fountain, garden copy. White marble. Life-size nude figure of a man seated on a rock over which a panther's skin is spread, his right arm resting on the head of a lion.

Height 137 cm
Length 113 cm
Width 52 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1911

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